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So how did you play during the COVID lockdowns? Was it totally online? Did you get out at all? What did you do? Well the Play Observatory would love to…

Very interesting results from a scientific study carried out in Finland looking at how the immune system in children improved only after a month when being given the chance to…

(It could be worse!) You Using the parachute as an aid to storytelling. You have the attention of all because they are holding, the chute. Tell the story using the…

Sent in by Jago Burtenshaw ‘Ye old sword fighting with sticks’, simple and very old idea. Each person has a stick and uses it as a pretend sword. The aim…

Preparation:Large circle at least 4 metres in diameter marked out using chalk or rope. An ideal game for those feeling active and need to lose some steam. Girls, as well…

a post in February 2019 piqued my interest. It was the above image of the microbial handprint of Tasha Sturm’s own 8-year-old child after he had been playing outside… …outdoor and messy play is important not just for children’s development, but health as well.

This game was originally called “Communist Church” credited to Jason Gross, but attitudes shift and it’s not just Christianity that is persecuted. Essentially it’s a game to put across what…

With any wide game always bear in mind rules for keeping safe There’s something about doing games and activities at night in the dark that makes it just that all…

I might be in the UK, but became aware of play:groundNYC, an adventure playground on Governors Island, New York, through an article in The Atlantic, (oh the advantages of the…

AKA: Eggy We’ve recently installed a ground trampoline which is proving a big success and with it discovering the games that have been invented as various friends come round and…